With ‘HABIBTI,’ Drake Sets New Record For Most No. 1 Albums on R&B/Hip-Hop Chart

Drake expands to his arsenal of records on Billboard’s charts, claiming the trophy as the artist with the most No. 1 titles on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart outright. The hitmaker’s HABIBTI rockets to the summit after the release of its HABIBTI (FOMO) deluxe edition to secure his 18th champ, breaking from a tie with Future and The Temptations for the highest total among all acts since the list launched in January 1965.

HABIBTI (FOMO) dropped on Oct. 2, adding four new cuts – “Solar Eclipse” (with Don Toliver), “Quebec,” “Cold Shoulder” (with Don Toliver and Yebba) and “Classic Pt 2” – to the album’s original 11-song track list. Spurred by its expansion, the album soars 35-1 to lead the list dated Oct. 17, with 71,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States for the tracking week of Oct. 2-8, according to Luminate, up 506% from its total the prior week. (All versions of the album are combined for data tracking and chart purposes.)

With HABIBTI, Drake captures his record-breaking 18th No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, passing The Temptations and Future for sole possession of first place. The Temptations had held or shared the chart record since July 1966, when their Gettin’ Ready album made them the first act to claim three No. 1s on the ranking. They extended the record with every subsequent leader until their 17th, A Song for You, in May 1975.

As Drake shuffles the leaderboard, here’s a review of the acts with the most No. 1s on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums:

18: Drake
17 each: Future, The Temptations
14: JAY-Z
13: Ye (formerly Kanye West)
12: R. Kelly
11 each: Eminem, Lil Wayne
10 each: Mary J. Blige, Aretha Franklin, the Isley Brothers, Nas, Stevie Wonder

Through its resurgence, HABIBTI rules Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for the first time. Upon its release on May 15, the set debuted at No. 2, behind Drake’s own ICEMAN. The albums were released simultaneously with a third LP, MAID OF HONOUR. Notably, HABIBTI ousts ICEMAN from the top slot, marking the first instance of an artist’s self-replacement at No. 1 since May 2024, when Future and Metro Boomin’s We Don’t Trust You yielded the summit to the pair’s We Still Don’t Trust You.

For his record collection, let’s review Drake’s No. 1s on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart:

Album Title, Artist (if other than Drake), Weeks at No. 1, Date Reached No. 1

Thank Me Later, 1, July 3, 2010
Take Care, 12, Dec. 3, 2011
Nothing Was the Same, 5, Oct. 12, 2013
If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, 4, Feb. 28, 2015
What a Time To Be Alive, with Future, 1, Oct. 10, 2015
Views, 3, May 21, 2016
More Life, 4, April 8, 2017
Scorpion, 5, July 14, 2018
So Far Gone, 1, March 2, 2019
Care Package, 1, Aug. 17, 2019
Dark Lane Demo Tapes, 1, May 16, 2020
Certified Lover Boy, 10, Sept. 18, 2021
Honestly, Nevermind, 4, July 2, 2022
Her Loss, with 21 Savage, 4, Nov. 19, 2022
For All the Dogs, 11, Oct. 21, 2023
$ome $exy $ongs 4 U, with PARTYNEXTDOOR, 2, March 1, 2025
ICEMAN, 14, May 30, 2026
HABIBTI, 1 (to date), Oct. 17, 2026

In addition to his conquest of the albums chart, Drake achieves his record-extending 33rd No. 1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart as “Solar Eclipse” storms into the penthouse. The track also unlocks Don Toliver’s first champ; his prior high was No. 3 for three different tracks – via his and NAV’s featured appearances on Internet Money and Gunna’s “Lemonade” in 2020 and his own “Body” and “E85” earlier this year.

“Solar Eclipse” likewise begins at No. 1 on the Hot R&B Songs chart to mark Drake’s 10th leader and the first for Don Toliver. “Quebec” starts atop Hot Rap Songs for Drake’s 33rd champ, another record.

This article was first published by Billboard U.S.